Blog Stage 5

Obama was able to surprise me in a very unexpected way today. I read in LifeSiteNews that Obama has given money to the Women's Health and Family Planning Association of Texas to assist facilities that are no longer covered under Medicaid due to state law when it comes to providing abortions. Texas passed a law and Obama basically just continued on with his purpose. I am 110 % pro-choice and I think there should be enough funding for women when it comes to family planning, or postponing family as well. 

Just to make it clear Planned Parenthood and other facilities are not necessarily unfunded any longer, they are now just at the very bottom of a long list that that money gets allocated to. The question I would ask myself if I was ever faced with this decision of being able to take responsibility for my actions of creating a child is, can I actually take care of a child? I would not want to give it up for adoption, and I really would not want to have a child that I could not provide for. Why don't I just cut the child's chances of having a good life in half. The possibility of starvation comes to mind, as well as the foster system abusing this child to the point where the child itself wishes it was never born. I love my son and I am so blessed to have in my life, but I know without a doubt that I cannot provide for another child at this point in my life. I want options, as cruel as that sounds. I personally think bringing a child into this world that has everything going against them is even more cruel than anything else. You can't just roll the dice with life if the odds are not in your favor to begin with.

Blog Stage Four

This past weekend in San Antonio, one of the columnists by the name of Gloria Padilla is pointing her fingers at County Clerk Gerry Rickhoff as the least popular man in that city, for now. He has decided to practically reinvent the way the court system is ran in their area. Ms. Gloria sees Rickhoff as someone who has taken the opportunity to change a flawed system, and has also managed to tick everyone off in the process. I really actually like this guy. He had brought in the IRS and requested that the "books" be looked at. He does not believe people are really working what they are getting paid, and even skimming off the top whenever possible. There is a portion in there about our judges not reporting every dime they receive when conducting marriage ceremonies even! When the judges complain that it is not the best way to run a business, he only replies that this is no business. Things he has opted to change are keeping an accurate account of the hours associates work, and rotating count clerks every four months. They have the honor system when it comes to payroll, and he believes it is prone to fraud. The best part about this whole fiasco in my opinion, is that no one can do anything about it! He has complete control over his employees and the judges and other clerks can threaten to sue among other things, yet they will still have to follow suit. He is only responsible to the voters electing him. If I was approving multimillion dollar payroll, I would want to make sure it was accurate too. I believe that Gloria Padilla is really only talking to anyone that will listen. I think that in this time drastic change is needed and it may seem like a steep price for those judges to really have to keep themselves accountable, but I think it is worth it. Great story, I love to hear people break away from the ordinary.